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found he was not dead and gave him some medicine, he got better, and I landed him alive at Havana,
if it had occurred at night the Man would have been thrown overboard.
Cross examined by Mr. Turner
The "Norma" is 427 Tons British.
The Coolies were stowed between Decks, - the height between decks is 7 feet, - length 100 feet, the vessel was not measured by an Emigration Agent neither at Hong Kong nor Swatow, there was no Cargo besides the Coolies but provisions. The provisions were not surveyed,
I distributed the clothes for the Coolies, they were found by the Charterer, the ship was fitted up fore and aft the 'tween decks with berths for the Coolies, some of the berths held 3, some 4, some 5, - the berths are the length of the ship.
I have studied Medicine, I did not make post mortem examinations of the Coolies who died. I think the deaths were caused by bad treatment of the Doctor (Plaintiff) and the supply of opium falling short, diarrhoea set in. I found a great difficulty in getting the doctor to look after the Coolies,- The Coolies were examined at Swatow
(signed) Joh Geo Normann
(signed) Joh Geo Normann